Man dies month after fire in Humboldt Park home

A man has died after he was injured in a fire in the Humboldt Park neighborhood on the West Side last month, officials said.

Lynell Gaston, 44, was taken to the burn unit at Stroger Hospital after the fire in the 1100 block of North Monticello Avenue on Oct. 16, according to fire officials and the Cook County medical examiner's office.

He died at the hospital at 9 p.m. Wednesday, the medical examiner said. Cause of death was pending an autopsy.